#53CDEC#53CDEC

#53CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.115 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDEC
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -24.57, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 35.29, 225.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0914 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.115 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5327, 51.5534, 87.1553)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDEC #EC7253

analogous

#53ECBF #53CDEC #5380EC

triadic

#53CDEC #EC53CD #CDEC53

tetradic

#53CDEC #BF53EC #EC7253 #80EC53

square

#53CDEC #BF53EC #EC7253 #80EC53

split-complementary

#53CDEC #EC5380 #ECBF53

monochromatic

#1491B1 #1CBDE6 #53CDEC #8ADDF2 #C1EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#53CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDEC

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDEC	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.115 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcf2',
    500: '#53cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdec;
$custom-light: #93dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.157,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDEC

secondary

#B14C32

accent

#3409DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDEC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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